NORTHWOOD — The No. 6 Coe-Brown Northwood Academy girls’ basketball team held off a late charge by No. 11 Hollis Brookline in the first round of Division II playoffs in Northwood Tuesday night to win the game, 55-47.

Coe-Brown kept a lead from the halfway point of the first quarter until the final buzzer, but came within three points of giving it up with less than two minutes to go in the game. The Bears then took a time out and scored the next four points, solidifying the victory.

“The last timeout, we wanted to run a high pick for Haley Ruth, and we wanted her to either find Abby [Ahern] rolling under the basket or Jenny Schlim in the opposite corner,” Coe-Brown coach David Hartnett said. “It worked. Jenny got two buckets out of it, and Abby got fouled another time.”

Ahern, a junior, led the Bears with 24 points, 15 of which came in the fourth quarter.

“We definitely worked as a team,” Ahern said. “We all made good passes, and I wouldn’t have been able to score without all the good assists that everyone made.”

After leading 29-17 at halftime, Coe-Brown allowed Hollis-Brookline to go on a 9-2 run to start the third. A timeout by Hartnett slowed the bleeding, but the Cavaliers continued to put the pressure on for the rest of the game.

“I’m glad we got the scare there,” Hartnett said. “We don’t have a senior on the team — they’re young kids. I’m glad they got the scare on them, but I’m more happy we got the win.”

Jenna Hyatt and Cassandra Stapelfeld led Hollis Brookline with 10 points each. Stapelfeld hit twice from behind the arc in the closing minutes, but it was not enough to catch the Bears.

“We came out [in the second half] and went back to a straight 2-3 zone defense,” said Hollis-Brookline coach Bob Murphy. “They didn’t score too much in the third quarter. Then I asked my shooters to start putting the ball up.”

Murphy recognized that his team lacked the offensive weapons to match Coe-Brown.

“The girl that came out and shot the ball for us was a freshman,” he said. “I asked her to hit her threes and she hit ‘em. That brought us within three points of the game, and then [Hartnett’s] kids came through in the clutch. [Ahern’s] little hook shot was just devastating to us.”

Tuesday’s victory stretched the Bears winning streak to seven games. They will continue their playoff run on Friday at No. 3 Souhegan, who beat No. 14 Kingswood 65-30.

“These kids have been with me since the beginning of the program,” Hartnett said. “I’m proud of them. I’m looking forward to the next game.”